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One hour before the game.

The managers of both sides have announced their starting line-ups.

Manchester City's starting lineup is 433.

Goalkeeper, 31 - Ederson

Back four: 2-Walker, 3-Ruben Dias, 14-Laporte, 27-Cancelo

Three midfielders: 8-Gundogan, 16-Rodri, 20-Bernardo Silva

Three strikers: 9-Gabriel Jesus, 10-Grealish, 21-Ferran Torres

Manchester City subs: 1-Steffen, 5-Stones, 6-Ake, 25-Fernandinho, 69-Doyle, 80-Palmer, 11-Zinchenko, 7-Sterling, 26-Mahrez.

Arsenal's starting line-up is 541.

Goalkeeper: 32 - Ramsdale

Back five: 3-Tierney, 21-Chambers, 22-Mari, 31-Kolasinac, 17-Cedric

Four midfielders: 34-Xhaka, 10-Smith Rowe, 7-Saka, 8-Odegaard

Single striker: 13-Zheng Yaxin

Arsenal subs: 14-Aubameyang, 1-Leno, 20-Tavares, 22-Mali, 23-Lokonga, 35-Martinelli, 9-Lacazette, 25-Elneny, 15-Niles.

Inside the Sky Sports live room.

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand and Neville, the three commentators looked at Arsenal's starting list and looked at each other.

In the last round of live broadcasts, Henry, who is not good at words, often got stuck in the commentary and couldn't catch Ferdinand's words, which left a not very good impression on the fans.

In this round, Neville was redeployed to partner Rio Ferdinand.

In order to take care of the emotions of Arsenal fans, Thierry Henry also joined the commentary lineup for the game as a warm-up guest.

"Wow... Zheng kicks the striker this time! ”

'It seems that the opening two consecutive wins have given Arteta a lot of confidence, and in today's game, he wants to play against Manchester City.

"Thierry, what do you think?"

Ferdinand looked at Henry.

"Me? Do you need to ask? Naturally, it is optimistic about Arsenal! ”

Henry groaned for a moment and continued:

"Although Manchester City are the defending champions, playing at home, and the squad is significantly higher than Arsenal's, I fancy Arsenal to be unbeaten away. Don't forget, Zheng has scored 8 goals so far! City's defenders will have a hard time keeping him at bay. ”

"In the first two rounds of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated Brentford and beat Champions League winners Chelsea, which fully demonstrated the team's good form and Arteta's ability to adapt on the spot."

"So, I predict that Arsenal will win this game with a score of 3-2 or 2-2 and get a draw."

Looking at the confident Henry, Neville on the side couldn't help laughing.

"NO, NO, NO, I DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY AT ALL."

'In my opinion, Manchester City will win this game 4-1 or 5-1 and Arsenal will be lucky if they can score a goal.

"Don't forget, Manchester City beat Norwich 5-0 in the last round and swept away the slump of Tottenham in the first round."

"Even if Zheng plays as a striker, Arsenal has no chance of beating Manchester City in this game."

"We all know that Manchester City are currently playing a possession-based hypnotic style of play, and in this style of play, it is difficult for Zheng to get the ball in front."

"Arsenal was able to beat Chelsea in the last round, it was completely by Zheng to defend the goal, and if Zheng was not the goalkeeper in the last game, Chelsea would have scored at least 5 goals!"

"With the strength of Arsenal's current squad, there is no possibility of a head-to-head battle with Manchester City."

Neville is still as unoptimistic as ever about Arsenal playing away.

"And, Thierry, do you know what William Hill is pricing for this match?"

"The initial handicap is 1.46-2.85-6.91, and the odds of Arsenal winning are 6.91 times!"

"And after Arsenal announced the starting list, the odds are now 1.24-8.71-21.07, and the odds of Arsenal winning are 21 times!"

"Do you know what that means?"

"That means if you buy 1,000 pounds and Arsenal wins, if Arsenal wins this game, you get 21,000 pounds!"

"Leo, what do you think?" Neville looked at Ferdinand.

"Ah, my opinion is similar to Ling, Arsenal want to win this game, there is only one possibility, and that is Zheng to play in the goalkeeper position, and Manchester City is not in good form...... But it's terrible, Zheng played as a striker this time, and the big win in the last round has shown Manchester City's good form, the gap between the strength of the two sides is too big, I don't see any possibility of Manchester City losing this game..."

"Yes, that's it." Neville nodded, agreeing with Ferdinand.

This game, Arsenal can't win!

Even if Zheng Yaxin plays the goalkeeper position, Arsenal will be able to force a draw at most in this game, and there is absolutely no chance of winning.

But Zheng Yaxin is playing as a striker, not a goalkeeper, can he touch the ball once under Manchester City's possession-style play?

It's hard, it's hard!

So what do Arsenal take to win?

Moreover, Neville also heard a reliable news: William Hill had planted two heels in Arsenal before, losing 150 million pounds, but this game still offered 21 times the super high odds of winning away, if Arsenal wins again, although William Hill will not go bankrupt directly, I am afraid it will take a long time to recover.

That's 21 times the odds!

No one really thinks of William Hill's data actuaries as fools, right?

And William Hill isn't just a data actuary!

When the three Sky Sports commentators look forward to the game.

Domestic, Gugu Sports live broadcast room.

Coach Zhan is also commenting on the game from a professional point of view.

Unlike Rio Ferdinand and Neville, who are not optimistic about Arsenal winning at all, Coach Zhan has analyzed a glimmer of Arsenal's chances of winning after careful analysis.

But he didn't say anything about that possibility.

It's just a step-by-step introduction of the lineups and past records of the two teams.

"In this game, Arsenal discharged a 541 defensive counterattack formation, Zheng Yaxin singled forward, and Xhaka, Smith Rowe, Saka, and Odegaard provided support in the midfield."

"Manchester City continued the starting line-up that beat Norwich City in the previous round, and the formation was still 433, with Gabriel Jesus, Grealish and Ferran Torres three forwards coming forward, and Gundogan, Rodri and Bernardo Silva in midfield.

'In terms of past results, Manchester City beat Arsenal three times in the league and EFL Cup last season.

'Manchester City have won six of the last seven meetings between the two sides, losing to Arsenal in the FA Cup final last July.

"That FA Cup was actually the FA Cup final last season, in 19/20, which was postponed to July because of the pandemic.

"Manchester City have won all of their last 10 league games at home against Arsenal."

"The two sides have met 48 times in the history of the Premier League, and Arsenal has a slight advantage with 23 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses."

"The two sides have met 204 times in all competitions in history, and Arsenal has a record of 98 wins, 46 draws and 60 defeats."

"This is the third round of the Premier League this season. As for Arsenal, Odegaard, who was on loan last season and officially transferred from Real Madrid this season, started the game, Mali, who started in the last round, entered the bench and Aubameyang was unable to start for two consecutive rounds, and it seems that his days at Arsenal are coming to an end. ”

'Manchester City continued to start the previous game, with Kevin De Bruyne continuing to miss out through injury and Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling on the bench.

"Okay, the players on both sides have stepped on the field, the game will start immediately, let's see if Arsenal can win the Premier League three times in a row in this game..."

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